wallpaper

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Both hospice and inspiration, it’s a stifling place decorated with floral wallpaper and crucifixes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Broadly ignored for three years and 50 weeks, it registers in the wider public attention when the Olympics comes round, but as little more than wallpaper filling the gaps between the more exciting winter sports.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

He is a self-confessed Cristiano Ronaldo fan, has a wallpaper of the football icon on his phone and often celebrates his wickets with his idol's famous "Siu" celebration.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

Next year, the room will get its proper wallpaper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

They were in an old kitchen with peeling sea-green wallpaper, a school-bus-yellow fridge buzzing as loud as a Laundromat washer.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds